Set a course for Romulan space and engage the warp engines. Today marks the official launch of Star Trek Onlines first expansion, Legacy of Romulus. Starting today, players can play as the new Romulan faction and explore new and improved worlds to experience a new Romulan-specific storyline featuring voice work from Denise Crosby, who reprised her role as Sela from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Ship aficionados will also find a number of new Romulan ships available.

In addition to new the new Romulan content, Klingons now also have full level 1-50 progression with new characters being created at level 1 and a new tutorial. Klingon Defense Force stories and other missions have been revised to streamline the new progression content. There are plenty of other changes available in todays patch, so grab a snack and give these extremely long patch notes a read for the full list of changes.

Along with todays expansion launch, Cryptic also announced that Lifetime subscriptions are once again on sale. If youre looking to sign up for the long haul, the price point is $199.99.

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